Tuesday, May 1, 2012

How the News Distorts Crime in their Reporting

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Murder, Shootings, Stabbings and Assaults overwhelmingly dominate crime news coverage.


The media covers these types of crime 20-30% of the time, despite the fact that murder represents less than 1% of crimes committed. In Oakland, the city best ranked for accuracy, the police reports show murder as .8% of crime, while the media’s crime coverage focused on murders 62% of the time. 


If you lived in Oakland and read the news during this week, we’d be surprised if you weren’t shaking in your bed after every creak in the night.
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